TOLDJA! M-Net ready to launch M-Net Atlantic and Vuzu Amp on DStv in October; M-Net kills off struggling M-Net Series Reality channel.

M-Net is readying the launch of two new channels on MultiChoice's DStv satellite pay-TV platform from October - channels which, according to insider sources, will likely be called M-Net Atlantic as well as Vuzu Amp.

TV with Thinus can reveal that M-Net is ending M-Net Series Reality (DStv 114), moving the bulk of that channel's content to Vuzu Amp, and is moving talk show Ellen to the main M-Net channel (DStv 101) at 17:00.

"M-Net Atlantic" or M-Net Series Atlantic is meanwhile replacing M-Net Series Showcase (DStv 113).

The move is part of a major restructuring of the M-Net Series TV channels. The year old M-Net Series trio of channels have been underperforming to expectations and viewership since it launched on DStv a year ago.

M-Net Atlantic will be modelled on the Sky Atlantic channel of BSkyB in the United Kingdom, and Vuzu Amp will be a spin-off channel of Vuzu. Both channels will be broadcast in high definition (HD) on DStv. 

The names of these two new TV channels on DStv might be different when launching in October - M-Net is refusing to reveal names, and the schedules remain under wraps.

M-Net is admitting that the two new channels are being added to DStv, one day after the DStv Local Content Showcase on Monday where MultiChoice and M-Net executives were repeatedly asked about changes coming to the M-Net Series channels and flat-out refused to talk or give any detail about it.

M-Net says the first channel - without mentioning a name like M-Net Atlantic - "will be the bold, irreverent sibling of the ever-popular M-Net channel 101, renowned for its blockbuster, fresh content from around the globe".

According to M-Net this channel will be an "unlimited playground for those who are avid followers of highly-acclaimed and award-winning but often eyebrow-raising and thought-provoking, edgy content - in the vein of Game of Thrones, House of Cards, True Detective, Orange is the New Black, Breaking Bad and Nurse Jackie".

The channel - like Sky Atlantic - will be a repository of HBO, Netflix and Showtime dramas that M-Net plans to bring to viewers quickly, similar to what the pay-TV broadcaster has been doing the past few months on the main M-Net channel.

In addition to fresh seasons of this type of content from America - meaning from the "other side of the Atlantic Ocean" - hence the play on the likely inclusion of the word "Atlantic" in the channel name - M-Net Atlantic will be the home of cult fare such as Sopranos and Six Feet Under, which will be broadcast daily.

Vuzu Amp, Vuzu Amped or Vuzu AMP - the second planned channel, is a spin-off of Vuzu which just turned five years old and will be "curating" content as a South African and African version of the VH1 style reality shows and drama series.

DStv subscribers will see "glitzy" celebrity centred shows and local reality shows on this channel, together with series like The Vampire Diaries and The Fixer.

"This is an exciting, progressive move on the pay-TV front," says Yolisa Phahle, M-Net's CEO for South Africa.

"Across the globe television and other entertainment platforms are evolving at breakneck speed as a result of new technology and changing consumer preferences".

"As a company M-Net has its finger on the pulse of these developements and we will continue to evaluate, adjust and reshuffle our channel offering accordingly for the benefit of the viewer".

Yolisa Phahle says DStv subscribers shouldn't fear about the disappearance of their favourite shows due to the termination of M-Net Series Reality, saying the move to change M-Net Series Showcase into a new channel and the new Vuzu channel "allows us to curate the greatest content in an even better way".

As the 3 M-Net Series channels on DStv turn one year old today, a look back and a look forward, as another 'complete overhaul' awaits.

The set of three M-Net Series channel that pay-TV broadcaster M-Net supplies to MultiChoice's DStv pay-TV platform turns one year old today - 9 July.

And while M-Net Series' first birthday in its current channels format is a cause for celebration for pay-TV viewers who are getting to see more overseas TV shows (and faster), there's also strong indications that the subset of channels are in for yet another major redo before long.

M-Net Series which started out as just one channel - showing retro-television - could possibly even go back to being just one M-Net Series channel, and possibly even with a new name, like, for instance M-Net Atlantic.

Before TV with Thinus looks forward to what the future could hold for M-Net Series, lets first look back to its past.

The M-Net Series channels of course have a storied legacy, and whatever changes might come in the months ahead, the one thing that remains is that the aim has been, and will be, to bring more and better series television to South African pay-TV viewers.

M-Net Series is the still in existence M-Net supplied TV channel to DStv which has gone through the most changes since The Series Channel, then with an all yellow and black look, started as a retro-TV channel showing Little House of the Prairie and Mary Tyler Moore.

While the Soap channel, ActionX, K All-Day, GO, MK and others came and fell away and morphed into other content pipes, The Series Channel changed and changed and changed but endured.

With numerous on-air and channel proposition changes over the almost past two decades M-Net Series has allowed South African pay-TV subscribers to see more foreign television - especially American TV - which simply couldn't (and still cannot) be accomodated on just one channel like M-Net.

That's its big strength - added value - and will remain its strength going forward irrespective of what guise M-Net Series might be taking on next.

The split into three channels of M-Net Series a year ago allowed the funneling of even more TV content to viewers. Although there's more content for viewers than ever before, there's been things that haven't been working.

The name of M-Net Series Reality (DStv 114) doesn't really tell viewers all of what is on this channel, like its heavy (and good) American talk show offering.

Likewise M-Net Series Zone (DStv 115) appears to have been a misfire - a channel derided by DStv subscribers when it launched as largely a knock-off rerun channel.

To their credit M-Net executives went to the ER to quickly try and beef up the channel with better shows and a better programming and scheduling structure.

A year later it doesn't seem to have been working - or at least viewer response isn't what it should be or should have been, sources have been saying for months. Therefore the writing might very well be on the wall for M-Net Series Zone as a TV channel which has not been performing to expectation, despite ongoing improvements over th.e past year by M-Net.

With the M-Net Series channels turning one, TV with Thinus asked M-Net about the channels' future.

It comes amid ongoing talk and word doing the rounds the past two months that M-Net Series is in for a "relaunch" or "rebrand" before the end of this year.

In fact, M-Net told all staff at the Randburg-based pay-TV broadcaster that M-Net Series requires "a complete overhaul" and according to various sources, viewers could possibly see the result of that complete overhaul implemented by possibly late September to October.

"These three channels have increased the viewership of international shows - our objective with launching the channels a year ago," says Yolisa Phahle, M-Net's CEO for South Africa, when asked how M-Net feels about the performance of the three M-Net Series channels after a year.

Asked what worked, what surprised and what worked less well, Yolisa Phahle says that "reality programming is increasing in popularity. We still believe that there are great series that people are not watching and we are working on ideas to fix this".

"The three channel strategy has delivered increased viewership and each M-Net Series channel has contributed to this in different ways," says Yolisa Phahle.

"M-Net Series Reality speaks to one psychographic, M-Net Series Showcase to another and M-Net Series Zone has given DStv Compact viewers new drama content, but we feel still that we can improve awareness around new content," she says.

And how has the channels enabled M-Net to bring more content and quicker to viewers? Yolisa Phahle says M-Net has managed to bring content to viewers much faster than before.

So, what does the future hold for the M-Net Series channels? Of course the ongoing development and changes of a specific TV channel (especially when its part of an overall group) should never be seen in isolation.

You can't, because its all part of an integrated network of content - where very decision and change affects the entire content ecosystem.

It's TV with Thinus' understanding that one - or even two - of the M-Net Series channels, possibly M-Net Series Zone and M-Net Series Reality could perhaps be closed down, discontinued, or morphed into, or their content folded into, other channels like the possible start of a second Vuzu channel like Vuzu Amp.

I asked this and if there would be a rebranding, and whether there's been talk, discussions or plans about possible M-Net Series closures, but for now Yolisa Phahle didn't want to be drawn about this.

What looks certain however is that the M-Net Series channel or channels will not be looking the same at this time next year.

So where does that leave M-Net Series Showcase? Well, M-Net Series Showcase, the premium channel of the three, could possibly be rebranded to something like M-Net Atlantic, similar to BSkyB's Sky Atlantic TV channel.

Sky Atlantic specialises in showing only high-quality, premium American TV shows. Given how M-Net follows the BSkyB model, which it did for its M-Net Movies channels, a M-Net Atlantic type channel seems a possibility.

"We believe we have the best variety of drama and reality and will continue to work to improve the viewer experience," says Yolisa Phahle when asked what M-Net wants to say to viewers about the M-Net Series channels being on-air for a year now.

The coming months will tell and show exactly how the set of M-Net Series channels will change. For now, there's one candle on the cake to celebrate a birthday - a year of more TV shows and more content the past year than what viewers had before.

The Cream Pies make it onto Ellen's talk show on M-Net Series Reality after she notices their funny song about her.

The Cream Pies, the hilarious American quartet who concocted a funny song about and for Ellen DeGeneres in the hope of appearing on Ellen which went viral just over a week ago, was successful.

Ellen is seen in South Africa on M-Net Series Reality (DStv 114) on weekdays at 18:30.

Just over a week ago The Cream Pies made a hilarious singing plea to appear on Ellen DeGeneres' talk show. She and her producers noticed them and now The Cream Pies are getting their moment on international television.

Here's the clip of then making it onto Ellen (who has special T-shirts for them):

M-Net moving The Ellen DeGeneres Show to M-Net Series Reality from December; Queen Latifah, The Doctors changing to earlier timeslots.

M-Net has decided to move The Ellen DeGeneres Show from M-Net Series Showcase (DStv 113) to M-Net Series Reality (DStv 114) from December - with weekday episodes of the American talk show which will channel hop and shift to the 18:30 timeslot from 2 December on the adjacent DStv channel.

The Ellen DeGeneres Show moving from its longtime home - it started on M-Net Series - is causing a domino effect on the schedule of M-Net Series Reality, pushing two other American talk shows earlier, starting from 2 December.

The Queen Latifah Show on M-Net Series Reality at 18:30 - the timeslot where Ellen is moving to, is moving one hour earlier to the 17:30 timeslot from 2 December.

The Doctors on M-Net Series Reality at 17:30, the timeslot where Queen Latifah is moving to, is moving one hour earlier to the 16:30 timeslot from 2 December.

BREAKING. M-Net secures The Queen Latifah talker; hot new talk show will start on M-Net Series Reality from 21 October on weekdays.

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M-Net has secured the broadcasting rights to the hot and just started The Queen Latifah Show - Queen Latifah's second try at a daily talk show - and is dumping The Steve Harvey Show on Mzansi Magic to make way for The Queen Latifah Show to start on weekdays on M-Net Series Reality (DStv 114) from 21 October 19:30.

The Queen Latifah Show which started on 16 September, will broadcast on M-Net Series Reality from Mondays to Fridays. Repeats of episodes will be shown at 05:30 and 10:30 on M-Net Series Reality on weekdays, and M-Net Series Reality will also have an omnibus of the week's episodes which will start from Sunday 27 October.

For M-Net Series Reality's schedule it means that The Doctors will stay in the 19:30 timeslot until 18 October and will move an hour earlier to 18:30 from 21 October as the lead-in to The Queen Latifah Show.

Jeff Probsts will remain in the 18:30 timeslot until 18 October and from 21 October Jeff Probst will move an hour earlier to 17:30.

M-Net is dumping The Steve Harvey Show from 1 October from its prime spot on the channel and moving the show from M-Net Series Reality to Mzansi Magic.

Will M-Net's best series from now on be on the M-Net channel or on M-Net Series Showcase? More M-Net Series channels possible? M-Net answers.

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The new expansion of M-Net Series from today into the channels trifecta of M-Net Series Showcase (DStv 113), M-Net Series Reality (DStv 114) and M-Net Series Zone (DStv 115) creates a new dynamic in South African television as it broadens the overall available premium landscape.

Besides M-Net (DStv 101) as a high definition (HD) premium, destination-viewing, appointment-television, TV channel showing first-run shows "hot on the heels" of American broadcasting date series, M-Net Series Showcase (DStv 113) now in every way offers the very same channel proposition.

High-def? Check. Premium channel? Check. Destination-viewing, appointment television, "hot on the heels" broadcasting dates close to American airdates? Check, check, check.

Which means that M-Net Series Showcase is now, although its a sibling, in direct competition for that best helping of more hot and delicious food left on the dining room table at dinner.

So, how will viewers know whether a hot new high-buzz show or series will be on M-Net (DStv 101) first, or whether it will be on M-Net Series Showcase (DStv 113) first?

Does M-Net keep a must-get, must-have show on M-Net (DStv 101) to entrench and continue to symbolise its legacy bluechip status under the now ever-growing plethora of M-Net produced TV channels?

Or does M-Net allocate core quality series to M-Net Series Showcase, thereby slightly diluting the M-Net (DStv 101) channel, but adding cache, lure and ballast to M-Net Series Showcase (DStv 113) to signify and  grow the image of its premium status in viewers' and DStv subscribers' minds?

M-Net Series Showcase is launching with a massive menagerie of must-watch, premium television in high definition - an astounding avalanche of breathtaking TV content. Will it remain this way? I asked M-Net whether strong and premium TV shows are going to end up on M-Net Series Showcase exclusively which might previously have been on the M-Net channel.

"M-Net 101 will remain the flagship TV channel in the M-Net stable," says the Randburg-based pay-TV broadcaster, "and will broadcast the absolute 'best of the best' ".

"Adding to the amazing shows on M-Net 101, the new channels will allow more creative scheduling, that will amplify the way viewers can enjoy their TV series."

So how will a viewer or DStv subscriber be able to judge or guess instantly what would always be an M-Net show in terms of a series, and what would be a M-Net Series Showcase show? "M-Net 101 is where the biggest blockbuster shows can be found," M-Net tells TV with Thinus. "M-Net Series Showcase will complement the M-Net 101 scheduling."

"As viewers have different tastes, their most beloved series will be either on M-Net or M-Net Series Showcase. But having more than one channel allows us to have more top-notch content."

With the new M-Net Series channels template - a subset "grid" similar to the M-Net Movies brand which was commercially launched in October 2012, M-Net is now piping TV series loosely graded on a matrix according to genre, quality and time. Why did M-Net decide to do it?

The pay-TV broadcaster says "the world of television is dynamic and ever-changing and we review and adapt our content strategies continually. Whatever we do, it will always be for the convenience - and needs of - our multitude of audiences".

The M-Net Series template - similar to the M-Net Movies kaleidoscope of channels which already expanded beyond its original channel group launch with the start of the M-Net Movies Zone channel recently - is clearly also expandable. Could there be more M-Net Series channels in the future, possibly grouped around a specific genre or type of series?

"It is too early to predict the future of more M-Net Series channels at this stage," says M-Net, "but the way the channels are structured will make it easy to add more channels, if required."


ALSO READ: Green! Silver! Purple! What the colours of the new M-Net Series channels trifecta really mean and signify.

Green! Silver! Purple! What the colours of the new M-Net Series channels trifecta on television really mean and signify.

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M-Net's massive new expansion comes into effect today: the lineation of the singular M-Net Series channel into a trifecta of tiered channels for the M-Net Series brand: M-Net Series Showcase (DStv 113), M-Net Series Reality (DStv 114) and M-Net Series Zone (DStv 115).

But what do the colours of the individual new M-Net Series channels signify and invoke? Why is M-Net Series Showcase green? Why is M-Net Series Reality silver? Why is M-Net Series Zone purple?

I asked, and the pay-TV broadcaster who supplies the channels to MultiChoice's DStv satellite pay-TV platform, is explaining the rationale behind the look of the various new M-Net Series channel offerings.

"Three very different colours were chosen to depict the personality of the M-Net Series channels," says M-Net.

"The green colour of M-Net Series Showcase will remind viewers of the freshness of the content and the greath 'wealth' of great characters to be found on the channel,"says M-Net.

"The silver colour of M-Net Series Reality ties into the sparkle of reality shows and signals the positive attitude of the channel and content."

"The purple colour of M-Net Series Zone symbolises the passion which series lovers demonstrate and will remind fans that they will be able to watch their favourites in a condensed time frame," says M-Net.


ALSO READ: Will M-Net's best TV series from now on be found on the M-Net channel or on M-Net Series Showcase? Is more M-Net Series channels possible? M-Net answers.

BREAKING. The Jeff Probst Show to M-Net Series Reality as The Doctors move, but Ellen stays put on M-Net Series Showcase from July.

M-Net which has been working and reworking, and re-reworking, the schedules for the new M-Net Series Showcase (DStv 113), M-Net Series Reality (DStv 114) and M-Net Series Zone (DStv 115) channel until last week is now releasing the "final" schedules for July ...

... and there's some shockers: such as The Doctors indeed moving to M-Net Series Reality but Ellen staying on M-Net Series Showcase, The Jeff Probst Show starting on M-Net Series Reality instead, and Jerry Springer moving to M-Net Series Zone.

When the three new M-Net Series channels were announced three weeks ago M-Net said that the very best in talk shows will be scheduled on the channel" meaning M-Net Series Reality.

Now The Doctors is moving over to M-Net Series Reality and The Jeff Probst Show - which lasted only one season and was cancelled - will be starting on M-Net Series Reality as well.

Jerry Springer which used to run on M-Net Series will now be stripped Monday to Thursday on M-Net Series Zone.


Here's the latest starting dates of shows on the new M-Net Series Reality:
The Jeff Probst Show (starts 9 July) at 18:30
Mondays to Fridays.

The Doctors V (starts 9 July) at 19:30
Mondays to Fridays. New episodes will start in November.

Junior MasterChef Australia II (starts 9 July) at 20:30

Life After Top Chef I (starts 9 July) at 21:30

So You Think You Can Dance IX (starts 9 July) at 22:30 as a repeat from M-Net (DStv 101).

Biggest Loser X (starts 10 July) at 20:30

Ready for Love I (starts 11 July) at 20:30 and 21:30

The Face (starts 12 July) at 20:30

Fashion Star I (starts 12 July) at 21:30

Real Housewives of NYC V (starts 15 July) at 20:30

Real Housewives of Orange County VI (starts 15 July) at 21:30

BREAKING. M-Net Series talk shows moving from 9 July to the brand-new M-Net Series Reality channel.

The existing talk shows on M-Net Series (DStv 114) will be moving to the brand-new M-Net Series Reality (DStv 115) channel from 9 July when the new M-Net Series Showcase, M-Net Series Reality and M-Net Series Zone channels launch on MultiChoice's DStv satellite pay-TV service.

It's part of the big news story I warned yesterday is coming today, and the headline making news story TV with Thinus brought you first and which I've been tracking all day.

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Current M-Net Series talkers such as Ellen, Jerry Springer and The Doctors are set for a channel hop. "The very best in talk shows will also be scheduled on the channel," says M-Net in a statement. This means that viewers will be able to find two of the most popular genres on global television - reality and talk shows - all in one place."

M-Net says M-Net Series Showcase which will be in HD on DStv for DStv Premium subscribers, "will be the high-definition playground of the series world's latest big-name shows with all its flamboyant characters. The channel will feature fresh, superior quality content in all popular genres - from comedy and drama to fantasy, crime and suspense."

M-Net Series Showcase which will be on channel 113 from 9 July on DStv "will also be the channel where fans of series can devour all their favourites in one sitting, with marathons of back-to-back weekend screenings."

M-Net Series Zone, a rerun series channel which will be available on the lower-tiered DStv Compact bouquet "will include content specifically catering to DStv Compact customers. The shows will also be packaged in such a way that back-to-back screenings, especially over weekends, will make it easy for everyone to catch up on all the series action they may have missed."

M-Net Series Zone will "boast special festivals and themes, and much more. This will be series 'heaven'," says M-Net.

"M-Net's fantastic reputation in broadcasting is built on screening the world's best movies and series," says Pierre Cloete, director of M-Net channels at the pay-TV broadcaster.

"These new channels allow us to do it even better, with well-designed tailor-made schedules for every taste. In line with our very successful defined channel offerings in the movie arena, we are now collating our incredible series portfolio in an easy to find, well structured, channel offering. We are specifically catering to the varying tastes of our DStv Premium and DStv Compact viewers," says Pierre Cloete.

FINALLY HATCHED. M-Net Series, M-Net's second channel cluster brand name finally breaks out of its shell; now finally able to grow and soar.

With M-Net Series - once the home of Mary Tyler Moore reruns (we still love you, Mary), The Wonder Years and Little House on the Prairie when it started on MultiChoice's DStv - now finally pecking through its shell in a transformative expansion event, the M-Net Series brand within the realm of subscription television in South Africa and Africa is finally released from its confined existence and able to grow.

Earlier today M-Net at its media roadshow in Durban that the existing M-Net Series channel is expanding and folding out from 9 July on DStv into a trio of channels - a premium M-Net Series Showcase channel which will be in high definition (HD), as well as M-Net Series Reality for "conversational reality" shows, and a M-Net Series Zone, a rerun type channel giving viewers who haven't seen a show or season to catch up.

Not only do the new M-Net Series channel logos (above) share a striking resemblance to the flip folder "mini bouquet" of M-Net Movies channels rolled out by the South African pay-TV broadcaster in October last year, it also ties and brings the existing M-Net Series channel as well as the new channel expansions closer in terms of brand look to the blue ribbon device M-Net mothership. M-Net Series is an M-Net product - and don't you forget it.

Similar to the many more M-Net Movies channels in existence - M-Net Movies Zone which was just added and with M-Net Movies Showcase and M-Net Movies Zone now both sharing channel moniker suffixes with M-Net Series channels - its tantalisingly clear, although still speculative, that even more M-Net Series channels could possibly be added by M-Net and DStv in the future.

Mmm. How about a M-Net Series Sci-Fi, the absence of which I just lamented?

The more structured and "zoned" approach for M-Net Series as a brand and as separate content pipes is a great thing and a natural evolution for both M-Net as well as DStv.

Pay-TV subscribers to services like MultiChoice's DStv want channels where the channel proposition is clearly defined, metered and provides a satisfying viewer pay-off. (Some channels are not - History is for instance more "Ancient Aliens Channel" thesedays.).

M-Net Series Reality will for instance, like CBS Reality, provide a buffet of all-you-can-eat reality shows falling within a certain niche if you look closely. M-Net calls it "conversational reality shows". The channel will now also be carrying all the talk shows.

More M-Net Series channels also means the possibility that more foreign TV shows can be shown quicker and closer to the American and British broadcasting dates - the TV series plate which is now bigger can now carry more content.

With M-Net Series "set free" so to speak, the gain is for the South African TV viewer. Although currently the gain is in essence only one channel - since M-Net Series really only changed into M-Net Series Showcase and M-Net Series Reality was added (M-net Series Zone is a rerun channel) - the beginning of M-Net Series branching out, is a welcome start.

BREAKING. M-Net Series channel finally going HD on MultiChoice's DStv; M-Net Series expanding as a channel subset with Reality and Zone.

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The long-gestating plan to turn the M-Net Series (DStv 114) channel into a high definition (HD) TV channel on MultiChoice's DStv satellite pay-TV platform and to expand the M-Net Series brand into an expanded TV channels subset is finally happening with M-Net Series turning into M-Net Series Showcase as an HD channel, and M-Net Series Reality and M-Net Series Zone being added as two further standard definition (SD) TV channels.

TV industry insiders knowledgeable about the M-Net Series plans and TV with Thinus have steadily tracked it, and today the pay-TV broadcaster made it official by revealed the major upgrade to its M-Net Series channel brand.

The flagship M-Net Series channel will change to M-Net Series Showcase in name and become a HD channel on the new DStv channel number 113, M-Net Series Reality will show reality shows on channel  115 and M-Net Series Zone on channel 114 will be a rerun channel with previously shown seasons of shows seen on the M-Net channel and elsewhere.

The channels will go live on 9 July on DStv during the primetime evening. DStv Premium subscribers will get all three M-Net Series channels. DStv Compact subscribers will get M-Net Series Zone.

M-Net Series has been on a constant evolutionary change since the channel - provided by M-Net to MultiChoice - started as The Series Channel on DStv showing only old library titles of American shows similar to TopTV's Fox Retro channel.

At M-Net's media roadshow currently underway at the Fairmont Zimbali Resort in Durban, M-Net talked about the upcoming changes.

Plans more than a year ago to turn M-Net Series into a high definition (HD) channel and to start further additional M-Net Series channels on the DStv bouquet which went through various permutations and was postponed in favour of first launching, extending and structurally realigning M-Net movie channel offering under the M-Net Movies umbrella and boosting DStv's movie channel offering in the process.

Now the M-Net Series channel is following the same pattern, also with a showcase channel and additional channels.

M-Net Series Showcase on channel 113 will have Defiance I, True Blood VI, Castle V, Criminal Minds VIII, The Carrie Diaries, Pretty Little Liars III, Mad Men VI, Army Wives VIII, Teen Wolf II, Grimm I and Supernatural VIII.

M-Net Series Reality will have "the best conversational reality series depicting real talent, real people and real stories on channel 115. Shows on this channel will be Real Housewives of New York, Real Housewives of Orange County, Junior MasterChef II, Life After Top Chef, America's Got Talent, The Face I, Ready for Love I and Fashion Star.

M-Net Series Reality will also be the channel carrying the talk shows from now on.

The schedule for M-Net Series Zone has not been locked down yet I'm told but the channel on channel 114 will "offer the best in uninterrupted bundled episodes of series' that viewers may have missed."


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ALSO READ: M-Net Series, M-Net's second channel cluster brand name finally breaks out of its shell, now finally able to grow and soar.